Snow removing machine



March 4, 1952 N, N, FRAM, 2,587,719l l sNow REMOV'ING MACHINE Atlorueys March 4, 1952 N. N. FRATlNl 2,587,719

SNOW REMOVING MACHINE mim! At/orneys March 4, 1952 N. N. FRArlNl 2,587,719

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chine Patented Mar. 4, 1952 ESFIQCE .',SNOW'REMOVING MACHINE N ed Nazzareno Fratini,Meyers`dale, Pa. A,pplication.June-110, 1946,.Serial Nal/635,653

,The present invention relates' to snowremoving apparatus `for removing snow'from streets Aand highways in aquick and expeditious manner.

An' 'important object Vofthe invention is to provide a snow removing apparatus supporte'dby a .power driven vehicle which can be V'driven Yquite rapidly, as high. as 'thirtyonthirtyvemiles per ghour, for 'therquickremoval of. snow, 'in 'order to .open up. long stretchesfofhighway`to traic 'in ,aV short, period" of time.

Anotheriimportant obj ect of the invention is i to `provide `a "snow-removing apparatus lemploying conveyor means for',elevatingsnowiirconsiderable volumes andrapidly discharging the snow to theside of the highway, this machine being especially practical in rural districts.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide. an apparatus of the character Vbstated qwhich can be mounted onzaconventionalxtruck, preferably one .having a closed cab, so as to protect -.the

driver against inclement weather.

These .and various other. important ,objects k7and advantages of the'invention Ywill become .ap-

.parent tolthe reader of the vfollowingL'descrip- .tion

In; the. drawings: g Figurell'is aside elevational view oftthejma- Figure 2 is a' 'top f plan view;

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Figure `4 is' a rear elevational View of the complete machine;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the curved line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a section taken on line 'I-l of Figure 5;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary detailed sectional view'taken on line 8-8 of Figure 5;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary side elevational View looking at the opposite side from that shown in Figure 1;

Figure 10 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View taken on line I-I0 of Figure 9,;

Figure 11 is a fragmentary top plan View of the lateral conveyor assembly;

Figure 12 is a fragmentary elevational and sectional view of the drive means.

Referring to the drawing, numeral denotes generally a truck including a drivers cab 6 and a chassis 'l on the rear portion of which is a bed or platform 8 for supporting a lateral conveyor assembly generally referred to by numeral 9 and forming part of the present invention.

"thepapparatus can seefahead of his vehicle.

'and `fromthe chassis "I are `posts i3 and also forwardly inclined short posts I4l supported by the ,'chassisextension I0. `An elongated i' frame V"ISjis supported' byl the rposts I3 andflkl, asiinthe manner Vshown"Figure 1. `Bridge members HI6 span thejframe l5, andhave ,upturned end por- "tions vI'I.supportingrollers I8, which in ,turn,

vservezto assist-'in supportingthe elevator assem- `b1y"l2.

As isshown ^inligure '1,1 theelevatorlassembly I2 consistsl of rabottcm ,orpan I9 havingD dividers 29, defining channels in whichjjtheoutstanding nblades Y 2 I on lendless jchainsor.v other lineal elements v22 `ride. The "dividers"20, arejinterrupf/ed orformejd with substantiallyglarge openings' 23 to "form windows lthrough which 'thefdriver of As is apparentA inFgure/, thefpan I9 is of arcuate .shape .and has rollers or sprocket wheels`.24,24' ,atl,its', lower and upper ends, mounted on shafts "25, `p26 respectively :ifor .the chains 22.

The postl'3 and kI4 are bifurcatedat .their upper enids'jto receiveI .lugs2 'Ijdepending' 'from'. the bottom side ofthepanj I9 and ni',hese parts .are aperture'd to receive fastening pins "28, whereby the pan I9 is positively secured to the posts.

The lower end of the pan I9 has a pivotal shovel blade 29 hinged thereto as at 30 and a limiting chain 3l is interposed between the blade 29 and one side portion of the pan I9. Rollers or supports 32 are provided between the upper and lower nights of the elevator chains 22 (see Figure 5).

The upper end of the pan I9 has a declining lip or apron I9a down -Which snow can slide and be displaced onto the lateral conveyor 9.

The Vehicle 5 is supported by front wheels 33 and rear wheels 34, the rear wheels 34 being on an axle shaft 35, carrying a sprocket Wheel 3'6 over which a sprocket chain 31 is trained. The chain 31 is also trained over a small sprocket wheel 38 on a shaft 39 mounted within a bracket structure 40, the shaft 39 carrying a gear 4I, which meshes with a gear 42 on a counter shaft 43, the latter shaft having a sprocket wheel 44 thereon, under which a chain 45 is trained. The chain 45 is directed upwardly and over a sprocket wheel 46 on the shaft 26, which supports the sprocket wheels 24', at the upper end of the elevator I2. On the ends of the shaft 26 are power take off means 41 for outside drive use and also a sprocket wheel 48 between which and a sprocket wheel 49, an endless chain 50 is trained.

The sprocket wheel 49 is located on a shaft 5I journaled through a frame 52 and carries a bevel gear 53, meshing with a bevel gear 54, located on a shaft 55, which forms part of the lateral conveyor 9 and on which are sprocket wheels 56 over which are trained conveyor chains 51, these chains carrying outstanding snow pushing blades 58.

y A pan 59 having an end wall 60 and side walls 6I is mounted upon wheels 62 which are rideable on the floor of the truck body or bed 8 and through the side walls 6I a shaft 63 is journaled and has sprocket wheels 64 thereon over which.

the conveyor chains 51 are trained. The conveyors of the lateral conveyor 9 are shown three in number, or a greater number may be employed as seen fit. The side walls v6I of the pan 59 extend as at 65 beyond the discharge end of the pan and between these extending portions 65 a pivotal chute 66 is provided.

The shaft 63 at one end projects into a frame 61 and there has a bevel gear 68 meshing with a bevel gear 69 on a counter shaft 10, this shaft `also carrying a sprocket Wheel 1I, under which a chain 12 is trained. The chain 12 extends up- When it is desired to return this apparatus to a garage or other storage place, the pins 28l at the upper ends of the posts I4, I3 are removed, thus freeing the elevator I2 so that it may be pushed backwardly over the rollers I8 so that its rear end rests upon the transverse conveyor 9.

At the end of the snow season, the apparatus may be demounted from the truck and stored for the summer. The truck can then be used for other purposes, it being apparent that the transverse conveyor 9 can be rolled off of the bed or body 8 and the elevator I2 simply lifted from its wardly and over a pulley 13 on the aforemen- A tioned shaft 2'6. Thus the transverse or lateral conveyor 9 is doubly driven. As is clearly shown in Figures 2 and 7 as well as in Figures 9 and 11, each conveyer is supplemented by the presence of a pair of pans extending under the top flight of each conveyer and fitting in close proximity to the upper ight of Ithe chain as shown in Figure 11. This construction prevails both in the transversed conveyer and the elevator.

In the operation of the apparatus'the elevator I2 is in the lowered position shown in Figure 1 and by driving the vehicle 5 forwardly, snow is carried onto the shovel plate 29 and is picked up by the lower flight of the elevator chains and blades 22, 2l. The snow is carried up along the pan I9 and is discharged over the apron I9a, onto the transverse or lateral conveyor 9 and from thereon to the chute 66, from where it is discharged along the side of the road or into the wagon or other receptacle that may be carried along with the apparatus aforedescribed.

position resting ulon the rollers I8, after the pins 28 have been remgved from the posts I3, I4.

While the foregoing description sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may begresorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A snow removing apparatus comprising a. vehicle, an upwardly extending and curved elevator provided with a shovel at its lower end and a transverse conveyor at the rear of the vehicle and underlying the upperl end of the elevator, said vehicle comprising a body having a floor, said conveyor being provided with supporting wheels adapted to be rolled along the oor of the vehicle body when removing the elevator from the vehicle body. n

NED NAZZARENO FRATINI.

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